How to disable the System Tray on Windows 7 or Vista or XP by Newton360

Many people have used to the system tray on Windows, but there are some people never uses it. Here is a way to disable the system tray completely.

Note: it work in all versions of Windows.

Update: Note that the same registry key may exist in more than one location, so if you are trying to reverse this hack, you should search the registry for NoTrayItemsDisplay.

You can even remove the clock if you'd like, by right-clicking on the taskbar and choosing Properties. It's on the Notification Area tab.

You could also use this in reverse... if your system tray is disabled and you don't know why, you should check this registry key.

Manual Registry Hack

Open up regedit.exe through the Start Menu search or run box, and then navigate down to the following key (Create if it doesn't exist):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Update: Note that the same registry key may exist in more than one location, so if you are trying to reverse this hack, you should search the registry for NoTrayItemsDisplay.

Create a new 32-bit DWORD value in the right hand pane with these values:

Name: NoTrayItemsDisplay Value: 1

You will have to logoff and back on for this to take effect. To remove the hack, just delete the key, or change the value to 0.

Update: Note that the same registry key may exist in more than one location, so if you are trying to reverse this hack, you should search the registry for NoTrayItemsDisplay.

Note that disabling the system tray doesn't actually prevent system tray apps from running, it just hides them. You should still disable any applications that aren't needed.

Update: Note that the same registry key may exist in more than one location, so if you are trying to reverse this hack, you should search the registry for NoTrayItemsDisplay.

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Computer Virus Protection Tips by Donald Chambers

It's one of the curious facts about today's computer users. They have lack of thorough knowledge of the risks their computers and so their valuable data are under. It is not surprising that virus protection tips are now needed more than ever.

Many people, especially the younger users treat the computer like the TV. Though television is changing too, right now both appliances are like different species. The one big difference is that malicious invisible outsiders can make a computer perform tasks that the user is largely unaware of.

So to surf the Web like you might switch channels on TV is very dangerous. It's very difficult for the average TV to be "infected" by malicious software. This is mainly because compared to a computer a TV is dumb as a brick.

The first rule of protection is "be sensible". You're not likely to get infected by accessing your bank's website, or a big name store. It's not impossible, but very unlikely. But visiting sites you really known nothing about is risky.

Similarly, never open an email attachment from someone you don't know. Or even if you do recognise the email address, but the email looks suspicious and was unexpected, tread warily.

This all applies assuming you have erected the first line of defence. You must have good antivirus and firewall software. It must be kept up to date and it must be active. It's like your front door. Leave it open by mistake, even once, and the entire contents of you house could disappear.

Finally, since they tend to be somewhat reckless, and don't really understand the risks, don't give kids free access to a computer. Apart from the obvious moral risks, they will not be careful about which sites to visit. They will not be vigilant of strange emails. Until you have given them sound virus protection tips again and again, watch what they are up to intently. I personally managed to clean up my PC with a powerful spyware and virus cleaning software which you can find out more about at my website link below.

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How To Get A Free Laptop Notebook Computer by Sean Davis Scott

Are you in the market for a FREE notebook computer? If so are you short on funds? If you're short on money than there are things you can do in order to get a free laptop notebook. What is it that you need to do? Read on to find out.

What To Avoid

When you're looking for anything free online it's inevitable that you're going to come across some sites that are scammy or spammy. These sites are out to do one and one thing only, steal your information and sell it to other people for unscrupulous means. You need time yourself with valuable information in order to avoid these sites.

The main things for you to do to avoid getting scammed or spammed is to make sure that you do not provide any personal financial information. Never, ever, provide any site offering a free laptop notebook with your credit card number, social security number, bank account number, any information off of your birth certificate, or any other type of very personal, or two personal information.

Now some of the legitimate sites will ask for things such as your zip code or your e-mail address. These things can be given away. You don't have to worry at all about giving someone your zip code. Sites that ask your zip code are more than likely doing market research looking for the best areas in which to advertise their product. Sites that ask for your e-mail address will probably send you ads or coupons for products. So if you want to avoid back all you need to do is make a new e-mail address and either Yahoo or Google and provide them with that. What you don't want to do is give them a fake e-mail address. They have software that will check the e-mail address and if it's fake you won't get your free laptop notebook computer.

What To Look For

Look for sites that are professionally done. Sites that are legitimate are going to look legitimate. Don't provide any information to any site that looks like it might be questionable. Look for sites that ask you to fill out questionnaires and surveys. The legitimate sites are going to have you fill out a lot of information but they're going to use to do either further market research or make money off of. How do they make money off of it? The surveys or questionnaires that you fill out they make money off of. It doesn't hurt you any but allows them to make money and that's how they provide you with a free laptop.

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